Cleaning oil varnish finish with a French polished shellac

[LKN2MYIS]

Recently purchased a used Austin Clark 2 point that is amazing.

It is, however, a bit 'grungy'.

I'd like to clean it.

Did the normal 'searches' and what I'm seeing is using a slightly damp soft cotton cloth.

If that doesn't do the trick, what would the next step be?

Any ideas?

[Dale Ludewig]

Call Austin.

[LKN2MYIS]

Sent him an email yesterday and waiting for a response.

Was hoping someone here might have some advice.

[Bill McCall]

Maybe Ted Eschliman will chime in. He reviewed a cherry red one on his site quite a while ago. I don't recall if he actually owned it or not.

[Ray(T)]

I have “sweat rash” marks on my Clark GBOM. In discussion with Austin, we settled on Novus (poss No.2) but I’ve yet to attack the rash with any gusto in case I take too much of the finish off.

[LKN2MYIS]

No rash, just the vague 'gunk' I'd like to get off.

I want to make sure I don't damage the finish in any way, so I'm hesitant to try anything.

Bill McCall - the one I have is the twin that Ted reviewed. If memory serves me (ALWAYS a crap shoot), he had one made with block inlays and some other customizations.

Hopefully Ted will chime in.